Over the past few weeks, I’ve been reviewing the impact, first, of the statement by Steve Jobs that Apple would love DRM to go away, and, second, the decision of EMI Music to offer that alternative. You’d think millions and millions of music lovers have been clamoring for that freedom, plus superior-quality audio, all at […]

You know, everyone loves a good conspiracy theory, and while I’ve got your attention, let me make it quite clear that this really isn’t a single or unified movement to wreck the company. No, it’s a collection of conspiracies, separate movements that, while no doubt honorable in intent, would end up destroying Apple Computer as […]

I don’t like to depend on what rumor sites say, although they are sometimes right. And when Mac developers violate their nondisclosure agreements with Apple and tell you things they shouldn’t be discussing, you want to both listen and tell them to keep their mouths shut. What a dilemma! But one fact is emerging from […]

Before we go any further, I want to make it perfectly clear that I am quite disinterested in those unofficial reports about alleged “Trusted Computing” hardware on the test Macintels developers have leased from Apple. A host of paranoid speculation has arisen out of such reports, that Apple is going to impose onerous digital rights […]